Diarios de la cuarentena
GenreSitcom
Created byÁlvaro Longoria
Directed by
Starring
Country of originSpain
Original languageSpanish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8
Production
Running time30 minutes
Production companyRTVE
Original release
NetworkLa 1
Release7 April (2020-04-07) –
19 May 2020 (2020-05-19)

Diarios de la cuarentena (Spanish: Quarantine diaries) is a Spanish comedy television series produced by RTVE that aired on La 1 from April 7 to May 20, 2020. It stars José Luis García Pérez, Petra Martínez, Carlos Bardem and Fernando Colomo, among others.[1]

Production

The series arose during the lockdown suffered in Spain due to COVID-19. Its production was announced on April 2, 2020.[2]

Since the actors had to film the scenes from their homes, as they were under lockdown themselves, they were given a basic filming kit with mobile, tripod and microphone.[3]

Plot

It features the lives of several people during the lockdown, in a total of 10 different houses showing how they cope with this situation the best they can.

Cast

Reception

Ratings

The first episode was seen by 1,697,000 people (8,4% of the total viewers)[5]

Critical response

The series sparked controversy even before its premiere. Some social network users called for a boycott due to considering it an unnecessary mockery of the more than 13,000 deaths by COVID-19 in Spain.[6][7]

Deputy in the Assembly of Madrid Jaime de Berenguer (of the Vox party) harshly criticized the series calling it propaganda. TVE responded alleging that the series has a low cost and that it is not an unnecessary expense of money.[8]

After the first episode was aired the critics of the professionals were varied; website Vertele praised the good technical production despite the difficult conditions in which it was made, but criticized that the characters do not reflect the diversity of Spanish society and the lack of interesting plots.[9] The website Espinof called it a "harmless way of passing time".[10]

References

  1. ^ "La 1 estrena la sitcom 'Diarios de la cuarentena'". RTVE.es (in Spanish). RTVE. 2020-04-02. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
  2. ^ Belinchón, Gregorio (1 April 2020). "'Diarios de la cuarentena' lleva el coronavirus a TVE". El País (in Spanish). Prisa. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  3. ^ Cortés, Helena (9 April 2020). "La 1 combate el encierro con humor en "Diarios de la cuarantena"". ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Diarios de la cuarentena: fecha de estreno y todo lo que sabemos de la serie sobre el coronavirus". El Mundo. 3 April 2020.
  5. ^ 'Supervivientes: Tierra de nadie' sigue fuerte (21%) y 'Diarios de la cuarentena' se estrena con un 8,4% in formulatv.com (in Spanish)
  6. ^ Reyes Burgos, Jorge (April 5, 2020). "Críticas a TVE por recurrir a Carlos Bardem y Gorka Otxoa para una serie de humor sobre el coronavirus y la cuarentena". El Confidencial (in Spanish). Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  7. ^ Álvarez, Isra (April 7, 2020). "'Diarios de la cuarentena' se estrena esta noche en TVE en plena polémica entre los apoyos... y los llamamientos al boicot". 20 Minutos (in Spanish). Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  8. ^ Moreno, Adriano (April 7, 2020). "TVE responde a las críticas: "No gastamos, invertimos"". Cadena Ser (in Spanish). Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  9. ^ Hergar, Paula (7 April 2020). "'Diarios de la cuarentena', una serie llena de buenas intenciones pero tan inapetente como nuestra realidad". vertele (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  10. ^ Zorrilla, Mikel (7 April 2020). "'Diarios de la cuarentena': un inofensivo pasatiempo de RTVE que busca la sonrisa cómplice del espectador". espinof.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 April 2020.
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